The sky falls in on China?

This mantra for equality was actualised by way of legislation and emphasis on the social advancement of women. Post Mao China however is experiencing a reversal of this policy position.

China under reform has witnessed spectacular economic progress resulting in the overall socio-economic lifting of the Chinese population. Amidst this splendour however,   lurks a disturbing phenomena - that of overall negative population growth of women. Current estimations indicate that China has 40- 50 million "missing girls".  Missing girls essentially refers to girl children who were projected to be born but never were, and/or died in infancy.